Indian tennis player Prajnesh Gunneswaran has made it to the main draw of the men's singles of the Australian Open as a 'lucky loser' on Saturday 18 January and if he manages to cross the first round, he will face world No.2 ie Novak Djokovic.
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Prajnesh lost to Latvia's Ernest Gulbis in straight sets in his final match of the qualifying round, but with luck he managed to make it to the main draw as a player with direct entry decided to withdraw from the tournament. Prajnesh, who plays left-handed, will play for the fifth consecutive time in the main draw of a Grand Slam. The Chennai player made it to the Australian Open through a qualifier last year but based on better rankings at Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open, he made it to the main draw.
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Prajnesh also got a good draw in the beginning. His first match will be Tatsumo Ito of Japan, who are ranked 22nd below the Indian player at 144th rank. He had a good chance of winning his first match in the main draw of the Grand Slam, but if he wins it, he can also face the Serbian veteran Djokovic. At the US Open last year, Sumit Nagal caught everyone's attention by performing impressive against the legendary Roger Federer. Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan failed to make it to the main draw. Both lost in the qualifiers.
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